Kufstein Fortress – a state prison in revolutionary times Kufstein Fortress, Tyrol (A)

In the 18th and 19th century, the third floor of the Emperor`s Tower was part of the state prison at Kufstein Fortress. The new permanent exhibition at this site, conceived by bogner.knoll, gives insight into the roughly 100 year history of the prison and puts the focus on the political prisoners, who were transferred to Kufstein from the whole Habsburg monarchy and beyond, and who were mostly imprisoned in the Emperor`s Tower.

The core of the concept worked out by bogner.knoll is to bring to life the prison tract with its 13 cells, which have been preserved up to the present day. Information on everyday life in the state prison and selected biographies of former prisoners are supplemented by historical objects from the collection of the Kufstein Fortress and Local History Museum and various media and listening stations. A fictional conversation in the form of a hologram between a fortress commander and the fortress`s chaplain gives insight into a world that is hard to imagine today.

The new permanent exhibition also takes into account the fact that the third floor of the Emperor`s Tower is at the same time a memorial site. The historical memorial wall there, which is dedicated to the former political prisoners, is supplemented by additional information on the prisoners and the difficult current state of research.

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PROJECT PARTNERS
Media design: 7reasons Medien GmbH, Vienna, in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tyrol
Exhibition design: Atelier Schreiner, Salzburg
Graphic design: Stefan Brigola, Innsbruck